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The current study aimed to test the effectiveness of a training program based on some of the tasks of theory of mind to decrease Alexithymia in the development of expressive language among people with learning disabilities, and to reveal the extent of continuity of the program after its discontinuation, and the number of participants in the study consisted of (12) students with learning disabilities, at Ali Mahmoud Taha Primary School in Dakahlia Governorate, Their ages ranged between (10-12) years, the participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group of (6) students, and a control group of (6) students, Goodenough-Harris test, Rapid Neurological Survey Test, Expressive Language Scale, Alexithymia Scale, List of Theory of Mind Tasks for People with Learning Disabilities ,The training program based on some tasks of the theory of mind to reduce Alexithymia, and the results of the analysis of the study data reached that: There is a statistically significant difference between the average ranks of the scores of the members of the experimental and control groups in the expressive language scale After applying the program in favor of the experimental group, there was a statistically significant difference between the average ranks of the pre- and post-measurements in the expressive language scale among the members of the experimental group in favor of the post-measurement, there were no significant differences Statistically indicated between the average ranks of the dimensional and tracer measurements in the expressive language scale of the experimental group, which indicates the effectiveness of the program.
Keywords: learning disabilities, Expressive language, Alexithymia, theory of mind.
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